Aesop's Fables (Study Sync)

The students were __________ lunch outside due to the rain.

• miser

• fervently

• deprived

• resolve

One hundred years ago, the idea that humans would one day travel into space was greeted with laughter and _________.

• derision

• resolve

• miser

• deprived

The little boy __________ wished for a new bike for Christmas.

• resolve

• deprived

• perish

• fervently

The ________ hid all her money and never spent it.

• derision

• miser

• resolve

• deprived

After a hot summer without rain, the crops are ___________.

• perishing

• resolve

• fervently

• deprived

The young player _________ to practice basketball everyday in order to make the team.

• derision

• miser

• perish

• resolved

Normally, fables have _______ as characters.

• children

• bugs

• animals

• teachers

What is the theme of a fable?

• the setting of a story

• the plot of the story

• the moral or lesson of the story

• the characters of the story

Which two fables provide a moral that is most similar to each other?

• “The Flies and the Honey-Pot” & “The Miser”

• “The Miser” & “The Ants and the Grasshopper”

• “The Swollen Fox” & “The Flies and the Honey-Pot”

• “The Ants and the Grasshopper” & “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”

Which inference can be most likely made about the Grasshopper in “The Ants and the Grasshopper”?

• He is talented.

• He is angry.

• He is proud.

• He is lazy.